Washing-machine



(ModeL) A. R. STEELSMITH.

Washing Machine.

No. 236,642. Patented Jan.- 11, I881.

WITNESSES INVENTOR N. PETERS, PHOTO-UTHOGRAPMER. WASHINGTON, D C

ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMOS R. STEELSMITH, OF FARMER, OHIO.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,64=2, dated January11, 1881.

' Application filed October 2,1880. (Model) To all whom itmay concern Beit known that I, AMos R. S'rEELsMnrH, of Farmer,in the county ofDefiance and State of Ohio, have invented a new and valuable Improvementin VVashing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthis specification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a plan view. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection. Figs. 3 and 4 are details.

This invention relates to that class of devices entitledwashing-machines; audit consists in the construction hereinafterspecified.

In the annexed drawings, A is the tub,having sides B B and ends O O, andsupported upon legs D.

Midway ofthe tub, and supported in standards F F, is the shaft E, havinghandle 6. One journal, 6, of this shaft is inserted in hole f ofstandard F, and the other, e, is slipped in slotf of standard F, andheld there by latch G.

Fast-ened to the middle of shaft E is the strap 6', to the ends of whichis fastened the washer 11, made of a back, h, and face-plate It. On saidface-plate it there is a groove, h, in which is fastened, by theremovable wire I, a rubber strip, K. This face-plate h, with the rubberK, has a curved surface. At one end of the bottom of the tube is placeda board, L, at each end of which there is a spiral spring, M. Attachedto and resting upon each of said springs is a spring-bar, N, whichextends downward from the spring and has its other and lower endfastened to the side of the tub, being kept from immediate contact by astrip, P. The tops of the bars N are recessed for a portion of theirlengths, forming shoulders at n. Below shoulders n are latches R adaptedto extend over said shoulders at along the top of the bar. On the insideof the bar, at shoulders a, there are pivoted buttons S, having thegroove 8, and with their stem portions extending slightly beyond theshoulders n. The upward movement of these buttons is limited by pins 8.These buttons have holes 8, and in the holes 8 are inserted the journalsof a roller, T. The roller T is a feed-roll, over which the clothes passonto the wash-board, and is intended to prevent the clothes from beingworn by the upper edge of the wash-board.

W represents a wash-board of any suitable kind.

In using this device the washer H is turned out of the way and thelatches R are turned to one side and the board W is put in place, withthe upper ends of its side pieces resting against shoulders at and itsupper edge hearing in the grooves s of buttons S, the lower ends of itsside pieces resting against shoulders n. The latches R are then turnedin place and the washer H turned down, when the device is ready for use.The operator takes cranked handle 0 with one hand and feeds the clothesover roller T with the other. The clothes are caught between the washerH and board W, and by giving the shaft E a rocking motion the clothesare rubbed between the washer and board. The springiness given to saidboard allows for difl'erence in the thickness of goods, and by turningthe shaft and washer completely around ditferent portions of thearticles are brought between said washer and the board.

By the construction of the recessed springbars and latches the boardscan be removed when worn,and any kind of board can be used by a littlefitting. VVheu the rubber is worn it can be removed by taking out theWire I and a new piece substituted, the screw 2' simply being withdrawnfrom the loop t" in the wire I.

What I claim is- In 'a washing-machine, the combination of the recessedbars N N, having shoulders at n, pivoted at one end to the cleats P P,and springs M M, with the wash-board W, latches R R, buttons S S, havinggrooves s s, and feed-roll T, constructed substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

AMOS It. STEELSMI'IH.

\Vitnesses:

FORREST W. HILL, JACOB WARNER.

